| January 29th in the water filming whales, at least three different sets of whales seen |
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| Written by Andrew Stevenson | ||||
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Weather Conditions Left Watford bridge at 10:00am Plan: Head to South West breakers (Two whales already reported a mile from Southwest) Passing South West Breaks at 10:45 began heading out towards Sally Tuckers Hydrophone placed in water at 11:00am Hydrophone out; continue on towards Sally tuckers at 11:15am Hydrophone In at 11:55am Whales once again can be heard but louder. 12:05 First sighting; 2 whales 130 Feet Dove at 12:06 11 minutes pass before next breath at 12:16 then dove again at 12:17pm 12:23 whale comes to surface but don't breathe and remain below surface as if checking us out. Dorsal fin spotted and bubbles seen, whales disappear from sight with no blow. 12:42 two whales surface at surface for 4 minutes dove at 12:46 13:02 dove 13:10 animals resurface only one blow seen 13:25 Hydrophone in Whales are heard much louder than previous 13:30 Whales at Stern 13:40 Whales at Bow GPS N 32° 11. 598° 13:55 Whales off Bow dove at 13:56 14:01 Whales Spotted close to stern 14:02 Andrew in - Whales under boat Andrew filming - Whales disappear 14:22 Whales spotted off bow Andrew back in boat 14:25 Continue on to Challenger 15:23 Distant Blow seen East of Challenger 15:28 Whales seen off Stern 15:35 KW in water 15:45 Whales seen off Bow, KW back in boat 15:47 Continue on towards Challenger banks 16:00 Whales spotted on port side moving in same direction as boat 16:13 Whales off Stern still moving at good speed 16:23 Whales off Bow 16:30 Boat stop Hydrophone in water; Whale vocals loud with low grunts and higher chirps. 16:35 Boat turn around head for shore whales seen at Stern heading towards Challenger On route back to Shore whale Spout seen eastwards of Challenger as well closer to shore.
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